Gendering hatred - Adding ‘gender’ to the hate crime equation?

Drawing on insights from human rights law, femicide laws, and hate crime studies, this article dis-cusses the viability of including ‘gender’ in hate crime legislation, and the extent to which a legal ap-proach of ‘gender-based hate crimes’ could serve a more effi cient response to the global prevalence of violence against women than similar types of legal measurements. The article argues that al-though there are sound principal reasons for including ‘gender’ in hate crime legislation, its inclusion is complicated by substantial conceptual and practical challenges, motivating instead a plethora of legal and non-legal approaches to counter and combat systemic violence against women.